Bulgaria's Trade Gap Widens in Q1
Monday, 14 May 2018
Bulgaria's trade gap widened to 2.3 billion levs ($1.4 billion/1.2 billion euro) in the first three months of the year, from 1.8 billion levs in the same period of 2017, the country’s statistical office, NSI, said on Friday.
Exports increased 2.4% on the year, reaching 12.5 billion levs in the January-March period, while imports rose by an annual 5.7% to 14.8 billion levs, NSI said in a statement.
In March alone, Bulgaria's exports grew 1.6% year-on-year to 4.4 billion levs, while imports fell 3.4% to 5.1 billion levs.